Hue Ran
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Post by Hue Ran on Mar 24, 2009 16:55:55 GMT -5
Tython, the planet that the Jedi as well as the Sith originated. After awhile the planet was barely ever used. Going to the point that the planet rarely had visitors if at all. In recent years Tython is as if a invisible planet. Has no real importance, and because of this Invisibility Sith have reportadly taken a liking to the planet. Master Hue Ran and Padawan Nihl have come to find out just what exactly is going on here on this planet......
His Capital Ship was decently large. He payed very little attention to anything really though. As soon as he got on the ship he headed off to his quarters to try and get some more sleep. Probably wouldn't he knew, but there was no harm in trying at least.
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Post by Darth Infectus on Mar 24, 2009 17:04:35 GMT -5
Nihl watched his master head to his quarters. Then Nihl went to the engine room. Nothing amazed him more then anything mechanical. He looked around. He noticed how far out of his legue this ship was. It was nothing like the small shuttles he used to work on at his farm on dantooine. He then went up to the bridge. He looked out the window and seen the blue beams of hyperspace shooting past. He never understood how you could go past the speed of light and still see it. Nihl then sat down and meditated on his surroundings. He felt his master breathing in his quarters, the crew working on the ship, the captain working the controls. He was amazed as too how much was going on. He then tried to go deeper and hear the surface thoughts of the crew. He was minorly successful. He tried to reach his masters thoughts and heard absolutely nothing. He assumed a master could protect against such things. He felt overwelmed so he stood up, went to his quarters and fell asleep. After about 2 hours of sleep he had a vision. He seen a group of sith in a cave on a forest like planet. They were wearing dark black robes and one of them had a strange staff. They disappeared into the cave and he jolted awake. He tried to reach out with force sight like his master taught him but couldnt even come close to leaving the ship. He determined this was out of his league so he went to his masters quarters and opened the door. He then said.
Master, I just had a vision, it was of 5 sith in dark black robes. They had a strange scepter and were heading into a cave. THe planet was full of forest and plants. I tried to reach out with the force using force sight and find were this was. I found my skills are not quite capable of even leaving the ship yet so I thought that you would be able to tell me if this is just a extremely real dream that I think is a vision or if its a vision. Perhaps find the source.
Nihl then waited for his masters response.
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Post by Hue Ran on Mar 25, 2009 15:07:51 GMT -5
Hue slept for a couple of hours, hours withou even a single vision. Sometimes he could be thankful for such a thing, however other times it could be for other reasons. There is a possibility his visions are being blocked by an outside force. Which would mean someone knew they where coming....... That is never a good thing, Hue knew that for sure. Never ever a good thing. His young Padawan spoke through the door to him. Hue was sure if his visions are being blocked then so would his Padawans, thus it was probably more likely to be a dream then anything. His nerves more then likely getting to him.
But he didn't want to brush it off to quickly. Sith gatherings don't happen alot. People can block his visions but they couldn't block his eyes. Bring the force into him he uses his eyes to search for what his Padawan was talking about. However he found nothing. No gatherings but the one they are going to stop.
[glow=green,2,300]"It was more then likely a dream my Young Padawan. For I can find no such thing through the force. Do not let it bother you for we are almost at Tython."[/glow]
The door to Hue's quarters open and at the doorway stood Hue. Over his shoulder the only thing anyone could really see was the large seat in the middle of the room where he meditated. His bed over on the leftmost wall. Nothing else stood in the quarters but a single pictures next to his bed. A single picture of his wife just a couple weeks before she died.
[glow=green,2,300]"Come we must prepare to go to the Planet's surface."[/glow]
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Post by Darth Infectus on Mar 25, 2009 15:22:55 GMT -5
Nihl then checked to make sure he had everything on him. He then followed his Master to the hanger bay where they boarded a small shuttle to take them to the planets surface. Nihl was trying to sustain the force sight for as long as possible wihtout going into a meditative trance. He could only get about 2 minutes at a time. He new this would take practice. Before he knew it they were touching down to the planets surface somewhere near the sith enclave.
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Post by Hue Ran on Mar 25, 2009 15:32:21 GMT -5
As Hue stepped off of the shuttle he took in the feel of the wind, and blinding rays of sunlight, the crunching sound of sand under their feet. By what he could see they had landed on a beachy area. Forest same far in front of them. Grabbing his comlink from his belt he opens up communication with his Commander.
"Scan the area. Find if you can get a location for these guys. I want them found within the hour."
Even as he spoke his eyes blurred and for a moment he couldn't see anything, then within a few seconds a headache burst through his mind. He refrained from screaming out in pain as he witnessed the slaughter of a entire Village. Humans, Twi'lek, and a few other species all dying in front of him. Unlike his other visions he was unprepared for this one. The pain of all the villagers entered his body and he fell over in the sand.
[glow=green,2,300]"C....Co....Commander. Find them now."[/glow]
Nothing else processed into his brain as the pain began to subside. Still having seen something like that only motivated him further. He had to find these people, such death and fear, such pain. He had to stop that from happening.
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Post by Darth Infectus on Mar 25, 2009 15:36:58 GMT -5
Nihl felt a small throbbing sensation in the back of his head. He thought to himself, it must just be headache. Then he seen his Master fall coupled to the ground and thought to himself, it must be the force.
*Nihl then tried to help his master up* Master, are you okay, you look like you just got stabbed with a stun stick 50 times in a few seconds. As nihl waited for his master reply he thought to himself "this world it looks so beautiful, yet it feels so unstable. THe force itself feels at war with itself. I sense much has happend here. Much that should be left burryed. Yet he had a feeling that he would have to uncover some of this to thwart these sith.
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Post by Hue Ran on Mar 25, 2009 15:47:54 GMT -5
[glow=green,2,300]"I am fine."[/glow]
The vision still throbbed in his head, reminding him of what he saw and making he near impossible to completely concentrate. It hurt still, after feeling so much pain from people........ it hurt.
[glow=green,2,300]"Nihl, make camp here. We will need to remain here for awhile until the Commander can pick up any sign of the Sith in the jungle."[/glow]
Gripping his Comlink again he moved it closer to his mouth and then down again. The pain was hard to ignore, hard to think in general that was for sure.
[glow=green,2,300]"Commander search for any possible Civilian targets. If my vision is correct these Sith will be targeting a Village soon, and we must stop them before anything happens to those people."[/glow]
Hue then turned to the soldiers behind him. He ordered only a small amount to come with him, but now he was starting to worry perhaps he should have ordered more. It would be impossible to take out the Sith he saw in his vision with so few men.
[glow=green,2,300]"Help Nihl. I need to meditate. If you need me I will be right over there."[/glow]
Hue point to the edge of the forest. He continued forward noticing a small rock sticking out of the ground. The rock would serve as a perfect meditative seat.
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Post by Darth Infectus on Mar 25, 2009 16:11:15 GMT -5
While his master was meditating, Nihl decided to scout ahead. He took one of the stealth field generators from the supply bin onthe shuttle, attatched it to the back of his belt, and then activated it. He then tryed his hardest to mask himself with the force. He also started using force speed. He ran through the forest at a startling speed stopping when he felt a cold presence. He seen a hidden base. It looked like a encalve of somesort. He felt a huge darkside presense from within and slowly walked in the opposite direction hopping to make it back to his master. He seen a sith apprentice meditating near by, as he was walking past the apprentice stood up with a lightsaber and yelled Whos their. Nihl felt the young darksider build anger. He then yelled Good, dont come out its more fun this way.
The darksider then charged force lightening and shot it into the air hoping to ground it on Nihl. Nihl disingaged the stealth generator and threw it in the woods. He gathered the force and ignited his curved lightsaber, He used force push on the lightsaber blade to deflect the lightening. Nihl then used force speed to move forward in the djem so stance, then he used force pull on his opponent to pull him closer. Then Nihl said throw your lightsaber on the ground or ill be forced to kill you. the darksider did not respond and instead took a makashi stance. Nihl charged forward gathering the force with his lightsaber held high in djem so stance. He put all his might into a downward strike completely ignoring the thrust made towards his chest because he new his armor would deflect the saber. The sith was smart however, and used the force to push Nihl backwards before the blade made contact. Nihl then took the stance of soresu, he did this only to fake out his opponent. As his opponent came forward advancing in makashi stance, the opponent lunged forward a thrust at the chest. Instead of falling for the lunge, Nihl decided to counter the lunge by pushing it downwards so hard it knocked the saber out of the sith's hand. The sith fell down to his knee's as Nihl caught the opponents lightsaber in his hands. He crossed them around his neck, ready to make the kill when he decided to force his opponent up. He kept his opponents lightsaber and hung it on his belt as a reminder, and then walked the sith back to the camp for questioning. He told his master what he had saw. He then explained the sith apprentices presence and waited for a responce. He wondered if not killing him was the right thing to do.
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Post by Hue Ran on Mar 25, 2009 16:33:12 GMT -5
Hue=orange/green Sith Apprentice=black/red
Visions disturbed Hue's meditation. Obviously there was more on this planet then he first thought. This could be far more dangerous then he gave it credit for. With time his visions changed to a young Apprentice meditating in the jungle. He couldn't see anything until the young Apprentice jumped up and started screaming. Only then did he see a slight disfigurement in the force. A Stealth Field Generator was the only thing that caused that kind of disfigurement.
And in two seconds his Padawan jumped out of the bushes attacking the young Apprentice. By the look of the Apprentice he was far younger then the usual Sith. Hue guess at around 11. If not younger. Thankfully his Padawan kept the Sith alive. When he came out of the vision he moved to where he knew his Padawan would be coming out of the jungle.
[glow=green,2,300]"Nice to see you again."[/glow]
He smiled at his Padawan and then grabbed ahold of the Apprentice.
[glow=green,2,300]"You my young friend have alot of questions to answer."[/glow]
Hue moved back to the camp as the troops looked at Hue in awe.
[glow=green,2,300]"Looks at this men. My Padawan brought us a gift. Call the Commander back, tell him we may very well not need him to scan the jungle now."[/glow]
Hue asked one of the other soldiers to give Hue some cuffs to make sure this guy didn't get away. The soldier gave him his cuffs and Hue cuffed the young Apprentice then sat him down on a log.
[glow=green,2,300]"What are you doing here?"[/glow]
The Sith Apprentice only nodded his head. Obviously he was refusing to talk. However Hue knew easily how to loosen the tongue of a Sith. Torture was a solution but not one he liked right now.
[glow=green,2,300]"You know I am going to take you back to the Senate right? What do you think they will do when they find out you are here with Sith, not to mention you've killed people. You will be in jail the rest of your life. Never to come out and face the light of the sun again."[/glow]
[glow=black,2,300]"LOOK I WAS FORCED INTO THIS...... I......I..... I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL. THEY SAID THEY WOULD KILL MY PARENTS IF I DIDN'T GO WITH THEM."[/glow]
The boy broke down in tears, Hue let the kid borrow his shoulder and sink his tears into it. It didn't bother Hue to much. He had seen this more then once. When the Sith are lacking numbers they manipulate people to join them.
[glow=green,2,300]"It's ok. I just need you to answer me this..... What are they planning."[/glow]
[glow=black,2,300]"I don't know. All I know is it's big. They have bring Bounty Hunters and Sith in for the past couple of months. Perhaps they are planning to declare war on you guys. I have no idea."[/glow]
[glow=green,2,300]"No not on us. Ok guys. We need to move out. One of you needs to stay with this boy. Take him into the shuttle and make sure he doesn't leave. Don't worry, I won't put you into a cell. You deserve to live life."[/glow]
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Post by Darth Infectus on Mar 25, 2009 16:40:29 GMT -5
Nihl thought about the deciet he was feeling from this child, he then figured that if his Master did it then he probably knows more then Nihl does. Nihl then proceeded to take his master directly back to were he was. He took in the surroundings, he noticed a few sith guarding the entrance. From the scouting Nihl had done earlyer. Nihl new this was the only entrance in or out. Nihl then said to his master, I have a feeling a mind trick wont work on them master. I think our best entrance would be too either mask ourselves in the force, witch is something I cannot do. Or we take out the two guards and force our way in considering I cannot put on sith armor.
Nihl then thought for a moment and waited for his masters response.
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Post by Hue Ran on Mar 25, 2009 16:58:42 GMT -5
[glow=green,2,300]"No the boy was lying about a couple things, but he was telling us the truth when he said they have been bring people in. Though he lied when he said they are preparing to declare war. They aren't. However because of the advantage they have here we may very well need to blow this place up. We cannot allow them to organize under a single being and attack anything. If they do it will start a war neither side wants to fight."[/glow]
He looked back at the soldiers and moved his hand next to his ear. The soldiers understood the command perfectly and handed Hue a set of communicators for him and his Padawan.
[glow=green,2,300]"Put this over your ear. That way I can give you orders. We will need to split up. The Soldiers won't be able to go int with us. They will only slow us down. No offense guys. We will need stealth and speed on our side. The Soldiers will navigate you through the Enclave. Place bombs where they ask you too. If you need help Order Red is the signal. Otherwise try and defeat any enemies you come across. And remember what I taught you. No one deserves death, not even a Sith, but in this circumstance we must be able to make our own judgements. I am trusting you to make yours the best you possibly can. I will take out the guards. When I am inside I will give you the all clear and you can follow me in. Follow them to where they want you to go."[/glow]
With that Hue didn't stay around to answer question. He moved through the bushes. His force signature had disappeared from the force. Bring the force around the two Sith's heads he used the force to have them fight their heads together. They fell easily and knocked out on the ground. Hue moved inside the Enclave and waved his hand outside the Enclave to give the all clear. Without waiting for his Padawan he followed his instincts and moved further into the Enclave disappearing into the darkness.
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Post by Darth Infectus on Mar 25, 2009 18:30:52 GMT -5
Nihl rememberd his stealth generator and once again, found it and put it on his belt. He then turned it on and made his way in after his master. He figured his master went left because their was a sith walking in circles on the left hallway. Nihl then went right. After Nihl went right he walked up a hallway and seen barracks. He seen that their was a large amount of infantry in their as well as a few bounty hunters.
Nihl then decided to go to the right and found himself in a meditation chamber. It was completely black with pilar's. He could feel the hatred resonating off of them and he decided to avoid this room. As Nihl went down the hall way further, he seen a group of sith assasins, they were wearing tight fitting black robes and they had electric staffs. It felt like they were feeding off of the force around them.Nihl was intrigued but decided to keep moving for fear of being caught.
Nihl walked furthur down the hallway and seen a lounge. Nihl walked into the lounge and seen a few bounty hunters. Nihl then went back to the entrance and gave the signal to start transmitting directions. Nihl wanted to make sure he had a safe path for a few of the trips, that is why he scouted ahead.
The commander then said to Nihl over the com, i want you to go right down the hall and towards the barracks. Set a bomb under each pillar. After setting the bomb, signal back.
Nihl then remebered that the barracks were filled. He needed someway to clear them all out. He decided on a subtle harmless way of doing it. Nihl went to the nearest computer station and inserted a com spike. He ran the program to fill the barracks with a riot gas that would knock out all of the infantry soldiers for a good 2 hours. He then disabled the security alarm and pressed the command key. After doing this Nihl went into the barracks setting a bomb under each pillar.
Nihl then signaled back to command. They told him to head down the hall to the center. He was directed to set a charge under each of the supply chassis. He made his way their but on his way out he noticed that their was a unwelcome visitor. It was a bounty hunter strolling through. Nihl used mind trick on him to make him knock himself out.
Nihl again signaled his command. They directed him too head to the right most storage room. Upon entering the storage room nihl was told to set a bomb under the center pillar. Nihl did this.
Nihl then signaled command once more. They directed him to set a bomb under the bar, and in the corners of the room in the lounge. Nihl went in and ignited his lightsaber. He cut down two of the bounty hunters closest then force pushed the bodys into the last two bounty hunters who were pulling blasters. Nihl then walked up to them and slashed their guts as they tried to get up again. Nihl then proceeded to set the charges.
Nihl once again was directed by command to go too entrance then turn left. He did this and then was told to follow the hall way up to a entrance. Nihl opened the doors and force pushed the radio opperaters into the edge of the computer desk. He then walked over to them and smashed their heads into the wall knocking them out cold. Nihl planted the bombs then he sat down at the computer. He disabled all security options as well as locking down all doors completely.
Nihl then radioed command and they told him to set a charge at the entrance. As Nihl went to the entrance he was confronted by a sith master. Nihl took off his stealth generator and ripped off his robes as they would only slow him down. He only left on his tunic and pants tucked in to his armor. He said order red into the comb as he thru the last bomb at the entrance. The bomb locked on and Nihl ignited his curved hilt lightsaber. He flipped the hilt so the blade pointed outwards and he took Shii-Cho's basic stance as he could not afford to leave anyopenings. The sith master proceeded to ignite a crimson red saber staff. Nihl came forward dodging a thrust and took a blow to the leg. The blade bounced off his armor and nihl came forward with a fake cut upwards. He redirected the fake to a cut to the opposite side, so as the sith master dodged he was cut deeply into his side. The sith master then grabbed Nihl with a force crush technique and slammed him into the wall so hard it knocked him out.
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Post by Hue Ran on Mar 26, 2009 19:00:19 GMT -5
Hue=orange/green Sith Lord #1=red/black
As soon as Hue entered the Enclave he took a left. Two guards sat in the hallway, obviously to watch guard but lacking in the motivation department. Hue easily walked up and took both of the guards out. He had his own mission. Listening in on the talk between his Padawan and the Commander he kept his attention to make sure everything was going alright for his Padawan. Moving forward still he walked straight into some kind of Lodge in the Enclave. He counted around 6 Bounty Hunters and 8 Dark Jedi.
Moving forward into the room the attention was set entirely on him. No one moved for communicators however as instead they went for weapons. Two Bounty Hunters jumped up hoping to contain the Jedi Master with shear force. Their heads rolled on the ground for a few seconds before finally stopping at the Masters feet. Seeing the Bounty Hunters falling so easily the others hesitated, a horrible mistake for them.
Using his swift movements Hue quickly surprised the two closest opponents to him. They just so happened to be to Dark Jedi. Bring his palm up into the face of the first one he turned around grabbed the other one by his leg and slamming him into the ground. Learning a valuable lesson this time all of them jump up to attack him at the same time.
Barely even realizing their numbers the Jedi Master takes them out one by one. Leaving only a single Dark Jedi alive. The Dark Jedi scurried away calling through his com link for backup. He knew this would give his Padawan sometime to take care of the bombs. Continuing his steady walk he continues out the Lodge and into a large kitchen area. Three cooks stood frozen in shock as well as four guards on the other side of the room. Using the force he tricked the cooks into attacking the guards, using them as a short distraction he moved forward and disabled the soldiers with a simple pleasure point to the spine.
The cooks looked around confused and like the others took off running as soon as they realized what was happening. The next room was unlike anything he had ever seen. Large pillars standing at least 100's of feet up held the ceiling where it was. Six Sith Lords stood meditating at the middle of the room.
[glow=black,2,300]"You are being very stupid Jedi Master. Whomever you are you should never have come here. I have hundreds of Sith already searching for you. One of my own friends goes to conquer your little Padawan as we speak."[/glow]
[glow=green,2,300]"My Padawan can take care of himself I promise you that."[/glow]
[glow=black,2,300]"Is that right. Why then do I feel his force signature weakening?"[/glow]
Only then did Hue realize what the Sith was talking about. Hue was so consumed by trying to prevent his Padawan capture he didn't even realize his signature had grown weak within the force.
He calmed himself. He had to be calm. He wasn't that far from the entrance he can still make it. Then he finally heard the Order Red in his ear. His Commander was screaming it now. Ignoring the voice in his ear he turned back to the Sith Lords. Okay there was six of them, he could either retreat to the entrance and fight them there and help Nihl at the same time, or hope the best for Nihl. He easily went with choice number one. Using the force he pushed the Sith Lords back and retreated the way he came.
[glow=black,2,300]"COME BACK YOU SCHUTTA!"[/glow]
Although he wanted to make the Sith eat those words Hue went straight through the Kitchen then through the Lodge. Only a few Sith dared try and get in his way, all of them being forced into the walls with Hue's force push technique. Only when he finally found the entrance did he see his Padawan, knocked out on the ground a Sith Lord looming over him. Hue summoned his lightsaber to his hand and jumped into the air swinging his saber straight through the Sith Lords neck.
Turning around he watched as the other Sith Lords ordered a dozen or so more Apprentices and Dark Jedi forward. Knowing he couldn't take them all down Hue concentrated on the force. Pulling Nihl by his collar he summoned more and more of the force around the ceiling of the Enclave. Two of the Dark Jedi jump forward, one with a vibroblade the other with a stun stick. The vibroblade cuts clean through Hue's chest, and the stun stick cuts deeply within his arm. Using the force he pushes he Padawan completely out of the Entrance, then using all of his strength he brings the entrance down on all of them. Pieces of the ceiling fall on top of himself knocking him to the ground as the Dark Jedi lift their hands to try and protect themselves, but it was too late as the crumbling ceiling would easily kill them.
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Post by Darth Infectus on Mar 26, 2009 19:26:14 GMT -5
Nihl slammed into the tree behind the enclave so hard the wind was knocked out of him. He stood up and realized that something must of braced him for the impact because he did not feel a thing.
Nihl stood up and summoned his lightsaber to his belt. It apparently fell off his belt when he was flying into the tree. He had woken up just as he was being force pushed. He couldnt believe his eye's. His master bringing half of the enclave down in one single force move.
Nihl then thought to himself
My Master, he was wounded and badly, I doubt he could have survived the enclave's fall, but then he thought that he was probably alive because Hue was the one who brought it down.
Nihl then walked over to the enclave and seen his master. Nihl walked over too him and leaned down. He asked his Master,
Master, are you okay, would you like some help?
Nihl then called command over the comlink and said,
I want you to blow this thing in 15 minutes.
Nihl then thought to himself,
If we dont get out of here in 15 minutes, we will be like a Gizka in a Rancor Pit.
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Post by Garyn Fett™ on Mar 26, 2009 22:49:02 GMT -5
((Asked to come by Hue))
*Avarik Maliss knelt on a cliff edge, two kilometers away from the hidden base. The forest in this area went all the way to the cliff's edge, and beyond was a narrow ravine. Down the ravine, the base could be seen, as well as the conflict. Maliss gave no thought to being seen, for the only way to see him would be for a ship to fly through the ravine...barely large enough for a fighter. The two Jedi had come in a small shuttle...small, but still a shuttle.
Maliss himself had come to Tython to scout it as a possible fortress location. The fortress of Belia Darzu would have to be destroyed, but that could be accomplished quite easily, since Darth Bane had destroyed the technobeasts inside. However, when his small fighter - a modified Miy'til starfighter (weapons and shields comparable to a B-Wing and speed comparable to an A-Wing) - dropped out of hyperspace, he discovered that there were others here. The most obvious sign was the hulking Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer lurking in orbit.
Slipping past the Destroyer with the aid of a small cloaking device, Avarik ripped through the atmosphere, homing in on the atmospheric disturbances of a landing craft. He landed three klicks away, then jogged the rest of the way. Now, he knelt with electrobinoculars to his eyes, watching the distant conflict even as he 'watched' it via the Force. Naturally, he had the Force wrapped tightly around himself, preventing him from being sensed, but also preventing him from being able to use it for much else than watching.
It was obvious which of the Jedi was the Master, and which was the apprentice, not only by the way they moved and dressed, but by the way they broadcast themselves through the Force. The apprentice had apparently been drastically injured sometime earlier in his life, for he was encased in armor. From watching the fights, Avarik could tell that the armor itself was impervious to lightsaber strikes. The Master - Hue Ran, he knew - was skilled and powerful, but he was hampered by having to protect his apprentice, especially when surrounded by Dark Jedi and Sith.
At that time, when the Force became so tangled with possibilities that it was completely impossible to determine a likely future, Avarik sighed and stood. It seemed he would have to interfere again.
With one swift breath, Maliss released his tightly-held grip on the Force, allowing it to expand inside and out, and let himself become small in the Force, virtually undetectable. He could be sensed now, but it would be like an odor carried on the wind...it would be hard to determine where he was at any given moment without sight. Upside: He could now use the Force with impunity without being sensed. Downside: He now had to devote concentration to maintaining the 'smallness'.
One step took him over the edge of the cliff. The bottom of the ravine was a good two hundred meters down...his fall took him only thirteen meters. He landed softly and silently on a ledge, then took a small jump, falling twenty meters before encountering another ledge. In this way he proceeded, dropping slowly and moving quickly towards the base.
At thirty meters from the bottom, Maliss encountered a sniper team. Mercenaries. He didn't know who had hired them, nor did he care. The Force told him with certainty that the sniper was targeting the fallen Hue Ran, and his spotter was focused on the apprentice. A fatal mistake. With one swift jump and access to the Force, Avarik landed silently on their ledge, right between them. He used the momentum that gravity allowed him to punch downwards at the spotter's head. It split like an over-ripe melon...messily. The other hand, when Maliss was at the bottom of his recovery crouch, grabbed the sniper's chin and yanked as Avarik rose. A sharp 'crack' sounded as the sniper's head turned a quick hundred eighty degrees.
As soon as he rose, Maliss gestured, sending both bodies against the corner between cliff and ledge, then crouched, watching closely. He was only fifty meters from the main area, and until he knew what consequences his actions would spawn, he would remain still, silent, and hidden, waiting to interfere again...to level the field of battle.*
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